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Spinach and Comté Loaf
For this savoury cake-style loaf, we use a plain basic mixture and add wilted spinach wth shallots and diced Comté cheese.
119 K 3.8/5 (43 reviews)
1 hour 15 min.
Easy
3.90 €
1 loaf
13 IngredientsLast modified on: April 17th 2016
For 1 loaf, you will need:
- 1
4 eggs - 2
150 g flour - 3
30 g butter - 4
10 g baking powder - 5
100 ml olive oil - 6
salt - 7
pepper - 8
2 shallots - 9 30 g butter
- 10
100 g cooked spinach - 11
100 g Comté cheese - 12 salt
- 13 pepper
- Total weight: 770 grams
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 25 min.
Cooking: 50 min.
All in all: 1 hour 15 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.
Prepare the cake mixture
Put into a food-processor bowl: 4 eggs, 150 g flour, 30 g butter, 10 g baking powder, 100 ml olive oil, salt and pepper.
Stage 2 - ⌛ 4 min.
Stage 4 - ⌛ 2 min.
Melt 30 g butter in a large frying pan, then add the shallots, salt and pepper.
Cook for 1 minute without colouring.
Cook for 1 minute without colouring.
Stage 5 - ⌛ 3 min.
Add 100 g cooked spinach and cook for a further 2 or 3 minutes to wilt and slightly "dry off" the spinach.
Stage 6 - ⌛ 5 min.
Dice 100 g Comté cheese quite small.
Stage 7 - ⌛ 2 min.
Make the loaf
Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).
Mix the spinach (when cold) and diced cheese into the batter.
Stage 8 - ⌛ 2 min.
Pour into a loaf tin or mould.
Note: As always with cakes, if you want a nice opening on top when baking, try this very effective trick.
Note: As always with cakes, if you want a nice opening on top when baking, try this very effective trick.
Stage 9 - ⌛ 45 min.
Remarks
If you do not have any Comté, you can use another kind of cheese (Gruyère, Beaufort, etc.), or even opt for a quite different character by using goat's cheese.
Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
- For 1 loaf : 3.90 €
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This recipe uses (among others)
Flour
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Olive oil
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Cooked spinach
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs "en cocotte" with spinach, Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, Spinach and cauliflower with sesame béchamel sauce, Crispy spinach rolls, Spinach Mornay, ... See them all 36
Comté cheese
Like these other recipes: Two-cheese quiche, Salmon and spinach quiche, Deep leek and potato quiche, Fried cheese toasties with avocado, Mozzarella pasta bake, ... See them all 43
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